Boxer, Kerry Will Introduce Senate Climate Bill Next Week

by Emily Gertz · 2009-09-23 21:20:00 UTC
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Warhol Museum Reception, PittsburghTeresa Heinz read a message from her husband, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), this evening at Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum, that set the gala crowd to cheering:  He and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will introduce a climate bill in the Senate next Wednesday.

The bill will be backed by a strong and broad coalition according to Kerry's message, which Heinz delivered at a pre-G20 party sponsored by the US Climate Action Network, and "will take a more comprehensive approach to dwindling oil reserves than any prior legislation."

The legislation will be a "thoughtful, innovative, far-reaching solution" in four areas: the nation's energy foundation; U.S. economic competitiveness; the health of the environment; and national security.

In between sets by the cream of New Orleans jazz musicians, an upbeat Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) encouraged the crowd to stay optimistic about the prospects for a good international climate treaty to come out of December's negotiations in Denmark.  "We need to get the Senate to act," said Doyle, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which produced the house energy and climate legislation.

"Let's give President Obama some arrows in his quiver to take to Copenhagen," he said, suggesting that the Pittsburgh crowd remember to call Senator Arlen Specter in the coming weeks and ask him to support the upcoming climate bill.

Emily Gertz
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